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When Do You Get Baby Fever?

Is catching baby fever like getting the acting bug or the travel bug? I don’t think I’ve ever had any kind of bug. Maybe I don’t have baby fever yet because I don’t have someone to have a baby with. I know I want to have children someday, but I haven’t met the dad. And, well, you’re not going to get the travel bug without possessing that first plane ticket somewhere.

I’ve been hanging out with a lot of friends’ babies lately, and I am really falling in love with them. We’re actually getting to know one another—these babies aren’t just blobs any more. Many of them are toddlers now, with personalities, and they could probably pick me out of a lineup.

I’m just hoping I don’t get the fevah until it’s time. Because it’s hard enough being without one person (Mr. Right)—I can’t imagine what it would be like to yearn for two people, especially if I couldn’t make the second one happen without the first one, the way I would like. And we don’t know if Mr. R will make his appearance in time for the baby thing to happen at all, anyway. Oh, the suspense. If you’re not a mom, do you have baby fever? When did you catch it—once you had the potential dad picked out and all signed up, or when you were still single? Or does the partner not matter, as Rosemary is married and resisting the fever so she can have some time with Chris (what I will want, too, if I can spare the years)?